June 2016- The Crap Shack-
48 year old Lorelai Victoria Danes wakes up from her sleep to hear one of her babies screaming and automatically turns over and shakes Luke awake, "Lucas, one of the babies need you. Please go help them."
49 year old Lucas William Danes groggily shakes his head as he turns over to look at his wife, "No Lorelai..", He rolls over to look at his alarm clock then back to her,... "Honey it's 3 am. I have a diner to open later this morning."
Lorelai sits up and shakes her head, "No my love. We have some royal duties to attend to today, So Junior is running the diner until we are done. He's old enough to run the diner babe. He'll be 16 next year. That sweet boy had to grow up earlier than most children. So he should be fine."
Luke watches Lorelai lay her head back down on the pillow, and kisses her forehead before gesturing to the bedroom door, "We need to go take care of the kids. Both of us. You have the breasts. I'm just there to help."
Lorelai rolls her eyes, "Luke. I already pumped the milk. It's in the fridge. I did it, so I could sleep and you could feed all three of them. Please babe. Please go feed them so I can sleep."
Luke gets up with groan, "I'm getting to old for this."
Lorelai sits up and throws a pillow at him and laughs, "Shut up. You're only 49. That's not that old love. Hush. Besides, you still look 20 to me."
Luke walks back over to her and plants a soft lingering kiss on her lips, "So do you. Maybe even younger than that."
As he walks out to go to the babies room, Lorelai yells after him, "Milk!! Fridge!"
Luke turns back towards the stairs and yells back, "Thank you baby. I got it now."
A couple hours later-
Luke comes back into their bedroom carrying 3 adorable angels.
"Lorelai. Hey baby. Wake up. I've got three little people who want to say hi."
Lorelai groggily rolls over to face Luke who is placing three little tiny babies near Lorelai, "Hi angels. Aww. How's mommies sweet babies?"
Isabella Rebecca Blair Danes coos at her mother, making Lorelai grin, "Can you say mama? Come on Bella boo. You can do it."
Bella giggles and gives a toothless smile to her mother, who kept waiting for a response, "Nothing B? Not even a ma?"
Luke who's playing peekaboo with the boys, looks over at his wife and daughter, "Lorelai, what if she's not ready to say it yet? The boys haven't even said dada yet. We can't rush them."
Finley Alexander Danes and Flynn Austin Danes start pulling Luke's hat off his head, making Luke look back down at the little trouble makers, "Hey you two, this is daddy's hat. I'll get you your own that you can wear. There's a ton of little baseball caps from your older brothers."
They giggle back at Luke as Paul Anka walks in and starts to sniff the boys feet.
Lorelai laughs at the pooch, "Hi Paul Anka. Mommy missed you. How's my good boy?
Paul Anka turns back to Lorelai and starts to wag his tail.
Lorelai leans over and kisses his head before turning to look back at her clock, "I better go get ready for the royally royal stuff we have to do today."
Luke scoops the triplets up and kisses Lorelai before walking back to the kids room.
Lorelai stands up and heads to the bathroom, and looks at herself in mirror and touches her face, "Wow. Why don't I look like I've had 8 kids? This is so strange??"
She looks at the scars that aren't still fully healed 15 years later and she sighs, "So many painful memories in these scars. I wish they'd finally just go away."
Suddenly she hears a knock on the door prompting her to turn around, "Come in!"
14 and a half year old Melody Victoria Rose Danes walks in and feels around for her mother, eventually grabbing Lorelai's hand, "Hi mom. Where are you going?"
As Lorelai puts on a dress, she smiles down at her daughter, who at 14 going on 15, still looked like herself, "Royal stuff Melly. And since we will be out and about today, you can go hang out with Aunt Lane and Aunt Sookie."
Mel smiles, "Sounds fun mom. Is Junior still at the diner? Is he coming with me?"
Lorelai shakes her head, "Sorry kid. Your brother promised your dad that he'd cover for him."
Mel nods, "Are Nate and the triplets coming with me?"
Lorelai laughs, "Of course baby. They are absolutely. They aren't old enough to stay alone, except maybe Nate, but I'm still unsure about him."
Mel smiles and walks out of the room feeling around for wall as Luke walks by, "Hey Melly, did your mom smell like she was ready to go?"
Mel nods, "Yes dad. She sprayed enough hairspray to kill my sense of smell."
Luke kisses Mel's head before heading into the bathroom and rapping a arm around Lorelais waist and kisses her neck, "Ready now? Melly said you were?"
Lorelai giggles and places her hand on top of his and intertwines their fingers together, "Yes lovey. I'm ready..." Lorelai pauses as she stares at the top of Luke's head, and gasps, "...Holy shit Luke. You aren't wearing ol' blue. Wow. You're taking this seriously."
Luke nods, "Of course. Have to make our families proud. I mean, we are about to leave our old life behind. Are you sure that with 3 newborns and 5 older kids, we can handle this responsibility? Honey this is a literal life changer."
Lorelai plays with her hair, "I'm sure. My mom is counting on me. I can't be like: Sorry. Find someone else thanks."
Luke laughs, "Okay. Are you sure? I don't want you to feel pressured baby."
Lorelai turns around to look into his eyes and plants a kiss on his lips, before nodding and rubbing his arm gently, "Sweetie, I'm sure. I promise."
Luke laughs, "I mean, currently we are just prince and princess. If your grandmother lives longer, that's all we'll be."
Lorelai runs a hand through her hair, "I'm fine with that. Less stress because we don't have to rule a country for a long while."
Luke suddenly hears his phone ring and runs to pick it up and when he picks up, his heart only breaks, "Hey Apricot, What's wrong sweetie?"
He walks back into their bedroom with his phone pressed to his ear, "Baby girl, calm down. He did what now?"
Lorelai peeks out of their bathroom at her normally stable and strong man, and sees the anger seeping out of him.
"That son of a bitch. He's gonna pay for hurting you. I promise you. I'll honestly go to jail for you I swear to god, Aprilanne."
Lorelai gulps and grabs Luke's arm gently and looks up at him, that luckily soothes him and calms him slightly, "You've got Kiefer Sutherland there with you? Tell Kief I said hi. Haven't seen him in ages. Okay. Let me know if you need me Apricot. Love you sweetie. Okay, bye."
Luke hangs up the phone and turns to his confused wife, "Ray cheated on Apricot. They are getting a divorce."
Lorelai is speechless, "That can't be right! They looked so happy when we visited them last weekend."
Luke rubs his forehead, "Baby, that was a front. I also think she's in a relationship with my buddy, Kiefer."
Lorelai perks up, "As in Sutherland? That Kiefer?"
Luke nods, "She was really upset and breaking down, until she said Kief's name. She perked up. But she's still hurting."
Lorelai sighs, "What a jackass. How long has this been going on?"
Luke looks down at the floor, "Apparently for a long time. Bug April doesn't know for exactly how long."
Lorelai grabs Luke's hand and shutters slightly, "How could he? They have children. She loved him so much."
Luke pulls her into his arms and she raps her free arm around his waist, "I feel so sad for our little girl. This is so unfair to her. She had big plans. She's almost 26. She's got her whole life ahead of her."
He kisses her forehead as he rubs her back, "I know. I hope that she doesn't have anymore issues with him or anyone."
Lorelai nods as she runs her fingers through his hair, "Luke, love, we warned him. We told him what not to do. But he didn't listen. Karma is gonna bite him in the ass. That cheater is gonna have someone cheat on him or something."
Luke laughs slightly as his face suddenly starts to turn serious, "I bet it's gonna hurt him pretty bad. No matter what, the one that'll hurt the most is Aprilanne. There is no doubt about it."
Lorelai sighs, "Wellll, maybe it won't. He thinks he is Superman for some weird reason, so nothing hurts him."
Suddenly the door their bedroom opens, and behind it is Rory and Marty.
Rory's long brown hair is tied up in a bun and her expression is worrisome, "Mom, dad, did you guys hear about Apricot? I'm like about to go on Danes rant or go to his house and.."
Marty raps Rory up tight in his arms and tries to calm her, "Hey, Lorelai Leigh. I don't think it's a good idea for you to try and murder someone. I don't want to be a single father."
Rory leans her head on her husbands shoulder with a pained expression, "I just don't want her to hurt. She's my little sister. She's been through a lot. I want her to always be happy."
Luke laughs, "Pumpkin, I don't think she'll be happy if her big sister is in prison for killing her ex husband. Right Lorelai?"
Lorelai looks over at him then back at Rory and Marty, "Of course love. I don't wanna look like a bad mother because you had to get locked up at almost 32 years old. The whole town would have a meltdown. Especially Taylor."
Rory looks over at her mother then down at her watch, "Shouldn't you guys be at royal training? We can stay here with the kids, and be on watch if Aprilanne calls."
Lorelai looks at Luke and gestures for him to stand up, "Shall we Mr. Danes?"
Luke stands up and pulls her up with him, "We shall Mrs. Danes."
Lorelai kisses Rory's forehead as she walks past, "Bye doll. Have fun with your brother and sister."
Luke leans down and hugs his oldest as he walks by her, "Bye, Pumpkin. Have fun."
As Lorelai hugs Marty, she looks back at Rory, "Also, your babyish brother is running the diner, so he may call in to check up on everyone. Just tell him that we are at training. Just please, please PLEASEEE, don't tell him about Apricot please. He's his fathers son, and won't be able to focus AT ALL."
Rory puts her hand over her heart, "Cross my heart and hope to die."
Lorelai turns to Luke and Marty, "You guys are the witnesses. Marty, if she tries to pull a fast one, take over the call?"
Marty nods, "On it Princess Lor."
Lorelai slightly blacks out for a second as she hears Chris's voice in her head interrupting her thoughts and bringing her breathing to a grinding halt, "Oh Lor. You'll never amount to anything. You lifeless cunt. You'll pay for what you did."
Luke grabs her before she falls over and looks at Marty in anger, "Great, you triggered a wound that hasn't been fully healed."
Lorelai lets go of Luke and runs to the bathroom and starts throwing up while she cries, "I'm not ever gonna amount to anything. I'm not."
Luke runs after her and pulls her hair back before she can get anything in it and strokes her cheeks, "Lorelai, baby. That's not true. You know that. I know that."
Lorelai pushes him away from her slightly, "No. I'm not good enough to rule a country, or be a business owner or mother, and wife. And I certainly was a horrible daughter."
She gets up and runs out of the bedroom and out to the jeep.
Luke finally makes it outside past all the baby toys and out to the driveway, when he watches her speeding down the road.
The Jeep-
The little town of Stars Hollow starts to get smaller as Lorelai drives further away.
The tears burn at the corners of her eyes as she blinks to keep them from falling down her cheeks, making it harder for her to pay attention to the road.
Eventually she arrives at the place that she was forced to endure countless torture for 5 months after the birth of the twins.
Lorelai gets out of the jeep and makes her way over to the house; While noticing all of the yellow caution tape around the area, she grimaces at the painful thoughts flying around in her head.
She puts her hand on the doorknob and slowly opens it to find everything the same way it was when she left.
It was still neat and tidy. Lorelai found out that Chris hadn't lived there but was just using the basement as a torture chamber.
What shocked her even more, was that house wasn't just some random house, it was the house that Luke had grew up in. Liz just came out every once in a while and cleaned it up.
To think that Christopher had broke into her husbands childhood home just to try and kill her in cold blood, made her deathly sick.
All this time, Lorelai hadn't let it bother her. She put it all aside into the back of her mind because it was way too painful to speak about or think about.
After she gave birth to the triplets, she had been officially diagnosed with postpartum depression. Lorelai had been reading up on it for a long time and had self diagnosed herself along the way.
Another thing that she was diagnosed with was PTSD. All of the events that had happened in the past had screwed her up so badly, that one little word or thought would take her down a downward spiral.
A few days ago, Lorelai talked to her therapist who told her that maybe she needed to face the pain head on and visit the places that had brought her the most pain.
Lorelai was hesitant but after Marty uttered one of the words that had triggered her ptsd, depression, and horrible thoughts; Lorelai finally broke and decided that letting out her frustration may help.
Her sweet and very strong husband must be worried since she left hastily without telling him what she was doing or where she was going. But Lorelai felt like he wouldn't understand what she was doing and would fight her on it. He would be worried for her and her mental health.
Lorelai would fight him back because this is what she needs to help provide closure. At least that's what the therapist said.
Lorelai heads over to the tv and presses play on the VCR, suddenly a video of Luke and Lorelai from months after she escaped comes onto the screen.
She falls onto the couch in shock and murmurs to herself, "How the fuck did this tape get in here?"
Lorelai looks around the room defensively before staring back at the tv to look at herself.
Lorelai noticed that she looked like a bag of bones, but she was slowly starting to get life back into herself.
Lorelai shutters and shuts off the tv before getting up and wondering down the the basement where she was held for 5 long and grueling months.
Lorelai goes under all the crime scene tape and starts covering her nose because of the smells from almost 16 years ago.
Emotions flood through her, suddenly Lorelai drops to her knees, sobs escaping her lips.
After a few minutes of crying, the sobs turn to angry screams.
Lorelai starts punching the spot where she stabbed Chris.
Lorelai remembers back to when the police said that when they arrived,
Christopher's body was no where to be found.
She stops punching at the ground and looks around the room for knife to use in defense if her suspicions were correct. She was afraid that Chris didn't die, and that he is on the run but could come after her at any time.
Luke was afraid of that happening too. They were starting to get back into the right place as a couple, and as a family. Christopher could take it all away in a second.
Lorelai takes a deep breath and looks back around the basement and starts to cry again.
